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Mycteroperca 



(7. Nostrils subequal, well separated 



/'. Gill-rakers comparatively lew and short, 8 to 20 below the angle. 



r. Anal tin 111, 9 to 11, high and falcate bonlcngcn, 391 



(■(-. Anal tin 111, 1 1 or 12, long. 



(/. Anal fin not angulated, its outline more or less evenly rounded. 



(■. Angle of preopercle not salient, its teeth scarcely enlarged; gill- 

 rakers .t-l-S to 10. 



/. Gill-rakers very few and short, x-|-8 developed; caudal lunate. 



'g. General colour gray, with red and black markings. . .venenosa, 391 



1^. General colour scarlet, with red and black markings apiia, 392 



//. Gill-rakers rather slender, about x+ 10; caudal subtruncate. 



/?. Scales not very small, about 1 10. 



/. Dark blotches on body rather large, often quadrate boiiaci, 392 



a. Dark spots on body very small, close-set xaiitbosticta, JC)2 



Jih. Scales smaller, about 120 to 140 jordaui, 392 



ee. Angle of preopercle more or less salient, its teeth somewhat en- 

 larged; gill-rakers more numerous, x-l-12 to 14. 



j. Scales very small, about 140; caudal distinctly lunate. 



microlcpis, 392 



jj. Scales somewhat larger, about 120; caudal little concave. 



iiiterstitialis, 393 



jj). Scales still larger, about no; caudal deeply lunate, dimidiata, 393 



dd. Anal fin angulated, its middle rays much exserted, its posterior 

 margin concave xeuarcha, 393 



hh. Gill-rakers close-set, very long and slender, 2^ to 3s below the 

 angle rJihra, 393 



aa. Nostrils very close together, the posterior decidedly larger than 

 the anterior. 



k. Gill-rakers very numerous, long and slender, about 24 below the 

 angle pardalis, 393 



hk. Gill-rakers fewer and moderate, b to 18 below the angle. 



/. Second dorsal spine highest, its length more than \ that of head. 



m. Colour, brown, with grayish reticulations and brown spots. 



olfax, 393 



mm. Colour, chiefly red riibern'iim, 393 



//. Second dorsal spine low, shorter than third, tlie third and fourth 

 highest. 



;;. Margin of anal fin posteriorly concave, its middle rays much exserted. 



0. Gill-rakers rather numerous, 17 to 20 below angle of arch. 



p. Outer rays of caudal scarcely produced, not § length of head. 



rosiTi'i'd. ^93 



pp. Outer rays of caudal much produced, more than | length of head. 



q. Upper canines diiected strongly forward, the lower backwai'd ; col- 

 ouration obscure fah-iita, 393 



qq. Upper canines nearly vertical; coliairatinn bi'ighter . . ./)/u'«j.v, ;;94 



00. Gill-rakers few, 8 below angle venadoniin, 394 



iin. Margin of anal tin concave posteriorly, the outline of the lin 

 rounded or slightly angular. 



390 



